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JUNE 2009

ASIA TIMES: China creates internet albatross
HUFFINGTON POST: Why China's leaders need to worry about recent events in Iran
REUTERS: US urges China to revoke internet filtering software
AFP: Tibet drought worst in 30 years
PHAYUL: One suffers gun shot, three seriously wounded in Chamdo
GUARDIAN: China backs down over controversial internet censorship software
PHAYUL: US House passes bill to establish consulate in Tibet
RADIO FREE ASIA: Dispute at mining site largely settled
AP: China warns honor for Dalai Lama will hurt ties
MELBOURNE HERALD SUN: China condemns Dalai Lama Paris award
UPI: China complicates selection of Dalai Lama
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: Climate change game-changer for China (by Nancy Pelosi)
AFP: Paris honors Dalai Lama despite China fury
AFP: Dalai Lama hits out at China 'death sentence' on Tibet
NEW YORK TIMES: Report says valid grievances at root of Tibet unrest
AFP: Dalai Lama urges pressure over Tibet oppression
NEWSBLAZE: Tibetan nun gives account of rape in custody
GUARDIAN: Backlash for China as Hilary Clinton calls for Tiananmen healing
JAPAN TODAY: Around 150,000 commemorate Tiananmen in Hong Kong
BBC: Flowers laid for Tiananmen Square
NEW YORK TIMES: Police swarm Tiananmen Square to bar protests
AFP: Dalai Lama honours Tiananmen dead
SKY NEWS: Tiananmen Square flooded with armed police
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Tiananmen and democracy
THE AGE: US urges Tiananmen inquiy, release of prisoners
TIMES ONLINE: The legacy of Tiananmen Square is prosperity not liberty for China
CNN: China's youth post-Tiananmen: Apathy a fact or front?
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Security tight on eve of Tiananmen anniversary
BLOOMBERG: China closes Tiananmen, virtual squares, on anniversary
HOLLYWOOD JOURNAL: Voice heard on Tiananmen Square date
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS: All references to Tinananmen massacre censored for 20 years
BRUSSELS JOURNAL: Spain changes tack on Universal Jurisdiction
AFP: Hundreds cheer Dalai Lama as he leaves Denmark

MAY 2009

BBC: Hong Kong protest over Tiananmen
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Tiananmen is still here
AFP: Dalai Lama defends Denmark visit after China criticism
NEW YORK TIMES: Autonomy is solution for Tibet, says Dalai Lama
PHAYUL: Pelosi talks Tibet with Chinese leaders
AFP: Dalai Lama named honorary citizen of Warsaw
VOICE OF AMERICA: Tibetan Government in Exile: 6 women protesters hurt by gunfire
ASIANEWS: Hundreds of Tibetans ready to die to defend sacred mountain
TIME: Failed Government policies caused Tibet riots, says Chinese report
PHAYUL: 6 Tibetan women injured in Tawu police firing
AFP: Dalai Lama likely to be honoured by Paris mayor
WASHINGTON POST: Pelosi raises human rights concerns in China
RADIO FREE ASIA: Standoff at Tibet gold mine
ECOLOGIST: The real Tibet    with Free Tibet evidence
GUARDIAN: How I survived Tiananmen Square
AFP: US House speaker Pelosi to visit China
TELEGRAPH: Chinese report reveals roots of Tibet unrest
DEUTSCHE WELLE: Chinese, European leaders fail to find common ground during summit
AFP: Tensions over Dalai Lama shadow EU summit
TIMES: Art's scream at the Tate modern
AFP: Austria's Barbara Prammer raises Tibet issue
REUTERS: Political jitters put dampner on China's concert biz
BBC: South Africa in Dalai Lama u-turn
ASIANEWS: Free Tibet calls European Union to defend Tibetan rights    with Free Tibet commentary
AUSTRALIAN: Remembering Tiananmen
AFP: Britain and China reach stock market accord
TIMES: Lawyers secure release of Tibetan monk after 6 months without trial
AFP: No more 'errors' on Tibet, China tells Paris
TIMES OF INDIA: China fumes over French Dalai Lama honour
TAIWAN NEWS: Taiwan celebrities join 'T for Tibet' campaign
AFP: Tibet threatened by global warming: state media
PHAYUL: Dalai Lama meets Chinese students at Harvard
AFP: Dalai Lama part of the solution for China: Obama aide

APRIL 2009

TIMES: Chinese courts postpone judgement on Tibetan living Buddha
TELEGRAPH: Leading Chinese dissident claims freedom of speech worse than before the Olympics
NEW YORK TIMES: China can't have it both ways
AFP: Tibetan students protest
PHAYUL: Court sentences 4 Tibetans to 2 years in jail
TIMES: A life in the day: The Dalai Lama
AFP: Dalai Lama starts US visit
PHAYUL: Tibetan students protest in Labrang- update
WASHINGTON POST: China urges Washington not to play host to Dalai Lama visit
AP: China 'acting like a child' on rights: Dalai Lama
TIMES: Tibetans jailed for arson killings in Lhasa
AP: Tibetan lama on trial for wepeons charge in China
PHAYUL: Fear of arrest or torture drives monk to suicide
AP: Three sentenced over arson in 2008 unrest
DAILY NEWS: Dalai Lama's nephew walks from Indianapolis to New York for Tibet
TAIPEI TIMES: China policy has failed, EU think tank concludes
TELEGRAPH: China pledges to improve human rights- with Chinese characteristics
AFP: China pledges to improve human rights
GUARDIAN: Open up Tibet's trials
AP: Tibetans protest outside Chinese Embassy in India
TIMES: Tibetans refuse to sow spring crops in protest
LE MONDE: Condamnations a mort un an apres les emeautes de Lhassa (In French)    with Free Tibet commentary
GUARDIAN: Four Tibetans given death sentences for part in Lhasa unrest    with Free Tibet commentary
AFP: Two Tibetans sentenced to death over Lhasa riots       with Free Tibet commentary
TIMES: Anti-Government protesters in Tibet sentenced to death
REUTERS: Dalai Lama envoy urges China to suggest way forward
CAMBRIDGE NEWS: 'Shoe throwing' trial moved from Tiananmen date    with Free Tibet commentary
M&C: Tibetans keep up protests. boycott in Chinese region    with Free Tibet commentary
PHAYUL: Monks protest in Xining, 2 nuns arrested tin Kardze
PA: Charles discusses Tibet with Chinese leader     with Free Tibet commentary
TIMES (South Africa): Dalai Lama's visa appeal turned down
TIMES (South Africa): Our Government's great PR for the Dalai Lama's cause
BBC: Prince and China leader in talks
NEW YORK TIMES: France and China leaders meet to end Tibet friction
AFP: Prince Charles raises Tibet issue during China talks
AP: Prince Charles urged to push Tibet cause     with Free Tibet commentary

MARCH 2009

RADIO FREE ASIA: Tibetan monk beaten to death
BBC: Tibet reopens to foreign tourists
INDEPENDENT: Chinese cyber spy network hacks into 103 nations     with Free Tibet commentary
REUTERS: China marks 'emancipation' of Tibet with holiday      with Free Tibet commentary
MALAYSIAN SUN: China linked to cyber spy network     with Free Tibet commentary
GUARDIAN: G20 activists: why we are protesting    with Free Tibet commentary
AFP: IOC scraps international torch relays
L'EXPRESS: La China celebre la 'liberation' des Tibetains (in French)    with Free Tibet commentary
BBC: Holiday marks Tibet 'liberation'    with Free Tibet commentary
BLOOMBERG: Tibetan exiles say protest sparked China crackdown    with Free Tibet commentary
BBC: Dalai Lama ban haults conference
BBC: China 'blocks YouTube'
CNN: South Africa peace summit postponed after Dalai Lama row
GUARDIAN: Dalai Lama's South Africa Conference ban causes uproar
TELEGRAPH: South Africa accused of selling out over Dalai Lama ban
EL PAIS: El Dalai Lama premote 'vivir mas' para luchar por su puelbo (in Spanish)    with Free Tibet commentary
AL JAZEERA: China arrests 100 Tibetan monks
AFP: Tibet protest sparked by row over flags: exiles
NEW YORK TIMES: China detains protesters
VOICE OF AMERICA: China detains almost 100 monks after riot at police station
TELEGRAPH: Nearly 100 monks arrested as riots break out
AP: China arrests Tibetan monks after attack on police
TIMES: China rounds up 100 monks after lama vanishes
PHAYUL: Thousands protest at Ragya monastery  (with video of the protest)
AFP: Dalai Lama denied access to South Africa
REUTERS: China Government office attacked in Tibetan area
THE AGE: Tibet- China's brutality on film
PHAYUL: Monk kills himself in Ragya, residents protest
TELEGRAPH: New video footage exposes torture in Tibet   with Free Tibet commentary
PHAYUL: Film maker Jigme Gyatso re-arrested
AP: Bomb lobbed at police station in China's west    with Free Tibet commentary
TELEGRAPH: Police search homes in Lhasa 'for non-Tibetans'
RTT: Obama hopes for progress on Tibet issue
AP: China premier defends policy on Tibet
NEW YORK TIMES: Tibet atrocities dot official China history
STATESMAN: China for talks if Dalai gives us 'seperatist' bid
PHAYUL: Monk who set himself on fire asked to amputate legs
US NEWS: China worries about its holdings of $1 trillion US debt
AFP: EU lawmakers urge China to discuss real autonomy with Tibet
VOICE OF AMERICA: Tibetan groups urgently appeal for UN intervention
AFP: US House offers strong backing to Tibet
INTHENEWS: DFID to publish report on China      with Free Tibet commentary
AFP: US Congress urges China to end Tibet repression
BLOOMBERG: US calls on Chinato reconsider its Tibet policies
TELEGRAPH: The neglect of Tibet: Dalai Lama is right to feel angry at the West's attitude: video
TELEGRAPH: Protests around the world mark the 50th anniversary of resistance in Tibet: photos
AP: Crowds protest around the world for freedom in Tibet
REUTERS: Tibet silent and shut off during anniversary      with Free Tibet commentary
NEW YORK TIMES: Dalai Lama says Tibet is 'Hell on Earth'
AP: China's show of force keeps Tibet quiet    with Free Tibet commentary
CHANNEL 4: Dalai Lama- untold Hell in Tibet (video)
AP: More than 1,000 speak out for Tibet in NYC
POLITICS.CO.UK: Pressure on Brown on anniversary
THE STATE: Crowds protests around the world for a free Tibet
INDEPENDENT: Proposed US Tibet resolution- China unhappy
SUOMEN KUVALEHTI: Demonstrators lobby parliament
AFP: Clinton to meet Yang after more criticism over rights stance
NEW YORK TIMES: A series of symbolic dates has China on edge
OBSERVERS: Photos of Tapey, the monk who was shot by Chinese trrops after setting himself alight
TIMES: Monks taken for 're-education' before Tibetan uprising anniversary
CNN: UK protesters mark Tibetan anniversary    with Free Tibet commentary
AFP: Tensions high as China braces itself for Tibet protests   with Free Tibet commentary
USA TODAY: China clamps down ahead of sensitive anniversary
PHAYUL: Tibetans protest in Kardze during Tibetan new year
M&C: Monks lead China dissent      with Free Tibet commentary
AP: Lhasa reported 'tense' before uprising anniversary
AFP: In China, stark reminders of ethnic unrest
NEW YORK TIMES: Band says Beijing cancelled concert over Tibet
BBC: Exiles keeping Tibetan identity alive
NEW YORK TIMES: 50 years after revolt, clampdown on Tibetans
AP: China advisory body defends Tibet crackdown    with Free Tibet commentary
CHANNEL NEWS: China denies shooting monk    with Free Tibet source material
BUSINESSWEEK: China bracing for more Tibet trouble    with Free Tibet commentary
BBC: West 'uses Tibet to attack China'
RTT: China rejects 'Tibetan independence'
AP: Tibetan monks protest new year prayer ban
REUTERS: Tibet monks protest in restive China
AFP: Economic, social fears dominate China parliament
BBC: Tibetan monk 'shot' while on fire
AL JAZEERA: Tension in Tibet     with Free Tibet commentary
SCMP: Rights group: Monk sets himself on fire     with Free Tibet commentary
SUNDAY HERALD: Praying for change    with Free Tibet commentary

FEBRUARY 2009

NEW YORK TIMES: Monk burns himself    with Free Tibet commentary
BOSTON GLOBE: Clashes in Tibet lead to lockdown     with Free Tibet commentary
TIMES OF INDIA: Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in China     with Free Tibet commentary
AFP: China confirms monk immolation
SCOTSMAN: Buddhist monk sets himself on fire in China protest      with Free Tibet source material
CNN: Rights group- Tibetan monk sets himself on fire    with Free Tibet commentary
IRISH TIMES: China dismisses US criticism of human rights record    with Free Tibet commentary
AHN: Chinese police shoot Tibetan protester while on fire     with Free Tibet commentary
NEWS 24: Monk sets fire to himself    with Free Tibet commentary
ASIA ONLINE: Tensions high as monk reported shot     with Free Tibet source material
GUARDIAN: Police 'shot monk' who set himself on fire    with Free Tibet commentary
ABC: Tibetan monk allegedly shot dead      with Free Tibet source material
REUTERS: Tibetan monk sets himself on fire   with Free Tibet commentary
AP: Tibetan monk reportedly sets himself on fire    with Free Tibet source material
TELEGRAPH: Tibetan monk shot by Chinese police after setting himself on fire   with Free Tibet source material
GUARDIAN: Chinese police 'shot burning monk before putting him out'    with Free Tibet commentary
TIMES: China sends more troops into Tibet as Hilary Clinton visists
TELEGRAPH: China hits back at US criticism on human rights
AP: Tiananmen mothers call for probe into 1989 massacre
ECONOMIST: Another year of the iron fist
FINANCIAL TIMES: Beijing steps up Tibet security
BBC: Tibetans held in China protest    with Free Tibet commentary
AP: Rights group reports protests among Tibetans     with Free Tibet commentary
CNS NEWS: China slam US rights report
ABC: US slams China's 'worsening' record
TIME: The pain of Tibet
VOICE OF AMERICA: Clinton on China
RADIO FREE ASIA: Tibetan monks in protest march
ECONOMIST: Not much of a celebration
ASIANEWS: Tibetans ask Clinton for pressure on Beijing to prevent massacre
AP: China sentences two nuns over Tibet protests
AL JAZEERA: Tibet clergy warned against protest
VOICE OF AMERICA: China orders security forces to 'crush' support for Dalai Lama
TELEGRAPH: China vows to 'crush' support for Dalai Lama in Tibet
WASHINGTON POST: Chinese Country locked down after protests    with Free Tibet commentary
BBC: Tibetans held in China protest    with Free Tibet commentary
GUARDIAN: China arrests Tibetans after Dalai Lama protest    with Free Tibet commentary
TELEGRAPH: China closes Tibet to foreigners
AFP: Tibetans arrested after protests      with Free Tibet commentary
REUTERS: 21 Tibetans arrested in new protest    with Free Tibet commentary
BLOOMBERG: China arrests 21 Tibetans seeking return of the Dalai Lama
TIME: A silent start to the new year for many Tibetans in China
VOICE OF AMERICA: Tibetan exiles say 15 protesters arrested
REUTERS: China tells United Nations in protects human rights
WASHINGTON POST: China chastised at UN on Human Rights
REUTERS: Security forces patrol Tibetan town in NW China
TAIPEI TIMES: Tibet activists don panda costumes at zoo
REUTERS: China's image worsens: poll
UNPO: China under UN scrutiny
REUTERS: Amnesty sees gap in China's UN rights report
TIMES: Police round up dozens in Tibet as New Year boycott looms
TELEGRAPH: China calles shoe-throwing incident 'dispicable'
TIMES: Chinese bloggers debate shoe-throwing incident
REUTERS: Protester throws shoe at Wen Jiabao
TIMES: Shoe thrown at Chinese Premier
BEXILL OBSERVER: Protests over Chinese Premier visit     with Free Tibet commentary
REUTERS: Quotes from Gordon Brown's discussion with Premier Wen (Brown on Tibet)
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Dalai Lama out of hospital: 'nothing serious

JANUARY 2009

DAILY MAIL: Chinese Premier faces Tibet fury
TIMES: Chinese Premier...     with Free Tibet commentary
TELEGRAPH: Pro-Tibet protesters arrested at Chinese Embassy
AL JAZEERA: UK police arrest Tibet activists    with Free Tibet commentary
REUTERS: Police arrest Tibet activists during Wen's visit   with Free Tibet commentary
GUARDIAN: Protests over Premier's visit   with Free Tibet commentary
AP: British police arrest protesters at Embassy
AFP: Pro-Tibet demonstrators arrested in PM visit
CNN: Police arrest protesters during PM visit
IN THE NEWS: Chinese PM visit sparks widespread protests    with Free Tibet commentary
BBC: Chinese Prime Minister due in UK
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL: China cracks down in Tibetan capital
POLITICS.CO.UK: Chinese visit prompts nationwide protests   with Free Tibet commentary
POLITICS.CO.UK: When Gordon met Wen
BBC: China's Tibet action sparks plea
GUARDIAN: China detains 81 in new Tibet crackdown
REUTERS: Tibetan New Year turns into silent battleground
TIMES: Chinese police carry out checks on 6,000 in Tibet
WASHINGTON POST: China raids homes & businesses in Tibetan capital
AP: Swiss shield China's Primer Minister from protests during viist
TELEGRAPH: The curious case of Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama's scarf
RADIO FREE ASIA: China 'strikes hard' in Tibet
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: Dalai Lama- Special Olympics visit cancelled
UNPO: Tibetans beaten and detained
INDEPENDENT: Miliband goes soft on China
AFP: China ready to mend ties with France
BLOOMBERG: Wen's European visit to mend ties, except with France
BBC: Obama speech censored in China
TELEGRAPH: President Obama's inauguration speech censored in China
AFP: Chinese sites cut communism, dissent from Obama speech
INDIAN EXPRESS: Will surrender privileges if Tibet becomes free: Dalai Lama
BBC: 'Serf's Emancipation Day' for Tibet
NEW YORK TIMES: China aims at Dalai Lama with new Tibet holiday
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: No Chinese response to memo on Tibet's autonomy
EPOCH TIMES: Members of US congress press for religious freedom in China
AFP: Conflicts, crackdowns may 2008 Asian rights record
STRAITS TIMES: China wary of netizens
ASIA NEWS: London 'dialogues' on rights, Beijing arrests Tibetans            with Free Tibet commentary
REUTERS: China to set holiday for Tibetan 'liberation'
GUARDIAN: China closes 90 websites ad internet crackdown intensifies
TIMES: China to celebrate Dalai Lama's exile with public holiday
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Nervous China tightens grip on internet
AP: China to mark defeat of Tibetan uprising
AL JAZEERA: China braces itself for more Tibetan protests
AP: China faces economic pain, sensitive anniversaries
ATLANTIC: 'The Connection has been Reset': The Chinese Firewall
REUTERS: Possible triggers for unrest in China
PHAYUL: China faces wave of unrest in 2009
NEW YORK TIMES: Arrests increased in Chinese Region
AFP: China aiming to lure a million tourists to Tibet
M&C: IOC crief Rogge says he was surpised at Tibet protests